Dismissed and Memo randum Opinion filed February 2 7 , 2014.

In The 

## Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14

- 13

- 01111

- CV

ERIC NDUBUEZE UFOM AND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR PER SONS WITH

DISABILITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC , Appellant s
V.
WEST WYNDE HEALTH SE RVICES, INC., GLADYS IBIK AND JOHN IBIK , Appellee s

On Appeal from the 113th District Court

Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2011

- 70277



### M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
According to t he notice of appeal filed November 19 , 20 13, t his is an attempted appeal is from “the trial Court’s previous and final rulings, on November 1, 2013” on a pro se motion for discovery. No clerk’s record has been filed.

O ur records show that appellant , Eric Ndubueze Ufom, has n ot establ ished indigence or paid the $19 5.00 appellate filing fee. See Tex. R. App. P. 5 (requiring2

payment of fees in civil cases unless indigent); Tex. R. App. P. 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing indigence); see also Order Regarding Fees Charged in Civil Cases in the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals and Before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Misc. Docket No. 13

- 9127 (Tex. Aug.
16 , 20 13 ) (listing fees in court of appeals); Tex. Gov’t Code ' 51.207 (sam e). The corporation also has not paid the appellate filing fee. 1

On December 27
, 2013, this court notified appellant s that the filing fee was past due and failure to pay the appellate filing f ee would result in dismiss al of the appeal

. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c) (allowing involuntary dismissal of case because appellant has failed to comply with notice from clerk requiring response or other action within specified time). A ppellant Ufom request ed and was granted an extension of time to pay the appellate fili ng fee until January 21, 2014 , after the trial court’s scheduled hearing on the contest to appellant’s affidavit of indigence

. The Harris County District Clerk’s office notified this court that the trial court signed an order on January 10, 2014, sustainin g the contest to Ufom ’s affidavit of indigence. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(i).

The appella t e filing fee has not been paid, and on January 23, 2014
, this

court again notified appellant s that the filing fee was past due and failure to pay the appellate filing f

ee would result in dismiss al of the appeal

. No response was filed.
On January 22, 2014, t he clerk responsible for preparing the record in this appeal informed the court appellant s did not make arran gements to pay for the record after the denial of Ufom’s request to proceed without the payment of costs.

1 We note that Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilit i es International, Inc. is named in the notice of appeal signed by Ufom . Except for the performance of ministerial tasks, corporations may appear and be represented only by a licensed attorney. Kunstoplast of Am., Inc. v. Formosa Plastics Corp., U.S.A. , 937 S.W.2d 455, 456 (Tex. 1996); see also Dell Dev. Corp. v. Best. Indus. Uniform Sup. Co. , 743 S.W.2d 302, 303 (Tex. App.

— Houston [14th Dist.] 1987, writ denied).3

That day
, notification was transmitted to all parties of the court’s intention to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless, within fifteen days, appellant s paid or made arrangements to pay for the record and provided this court with proof of payment. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). Appellant s have not provided this court with proof of payment for the record or filed any other response to this court’s
notice

. Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismisse d.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices McCally and Busby.